Politecnico di Torino is a prestigious technical university in Italy with over 150 years of history. It has 33,000 students and over 800 teaching staff. It is ranked as a top 20 technical university in Europe for engineering and architecture education and research. It has four main campuses in Turin and additional technology centers, offering both undergraduate and graduate programs in fields like engineering, architecture, and design.

2. For over 150 years,
Politecnico di Torino
has been one of the
most prestigious
technical universities
both at national and
international level.

3. With a history of over 150 years,
Politecnico di Torino was the first
Italian engineering school founded
on the wave of the technical
and scientific innovation which
gave rise to the most prestigious
polytechnic schools in Europe
in the mid-19th
century.
It was founded as School for
Engineers in 1859, and then
it became Regio Politecnico
di Torino in 1906.
2016
QS WORLD
UNIVERSITY
RANKING
by Faculty
#66 Engineering
and Technology
by Subject
EUROPE
WORLD
#16 Architecture /
Built Environment
#9 Civil and Structural
Engineering
#10 Electrical and
Electronic Engineering
#50 Architecture /
Built Environment
#37 Civil and Structural
Engineering
#40 Electrical and
Electronic Engineering

4. This long history has turned Politecnico
di Torino into one of the top twenty
European technical universities for
education and research in Engineering
and Architecture, with 33,000 students
and a teaching staff of more than 800.
European technical universities today
play a crucial role: the best international
universities are required to become
key attracting poles of qualified human
capital (talented students, researchers
and businessmen) and of strategic
industrial investments. With a rigorous
approach and a scientific methodology,
this role will support sustainable growth
and meet the great challenges that our
society has to face in the coming years
on important issues such as energy,
health, population, food and climate.
In this context, Politecnico
di Torino is a comprehensive Research
University where education and
research complement each other
and create synergies, with an eye
to internationalization.
Politecnico di Torino focuses
its strategies on an even greater
commitment in social and economic
fields, in order to turn its campuses into
central hubs of an international network
of academic, industrial and institutional
partners, with the aim of sharing results
for an even more collaborative and cross
curricular research which goes beyond
the concept of technology transfer.
As a result, in our Horizon 2020 –
Strategic Plan the two key concepts,
mission and vision, are defined together
with the consequent objectives and the
priority actions to be implemented in
the short and medium term. Merit and
talent are the keywords of the Plan.
With this in mind, Politecnico creates
and disseminates new scientific and
high-tech content knowledge, and trains
architects and engineers to face the
challenges of our constantly changing
society with competence and social
responsibility. Politecnico gives a strong
contribution to the cultural progress
and the competitive and sustainable
development of our territory and country.
The culture of quality has been deeply
rooted in the University for many years.
The Horizon 2020-Strategic Plan is
based on this principle and the values
it represents. The introduction of
assessment and evaluation processes
allows the University to comply with
the ANVUR guidelines on teaching and
research quality, thus continuously
improving both processes and results.
At the same time, the University can
strive to obtain quality certifications
from international agencies. With this
perspective, the University has adopted
Quality is our Plus as its slogan, which
summarises its efforts to deliver
excellent results.

5. The Politecnico campus model is similar
to the Anglo-American Universities
model, with four main locations in Turin,
featuring multi-purpose facilities for
teaching, basic & applied research
activities, as well as student services.
Politecnico also has a regional network
of technology centres (Alessandria,
Biella, Mondovì, Verrès), dedicated
to research, technology transfer,
specialized training and local services.
The historical site of our University,
located on the banks of the river Po,
is the Castello del Valentino, included
in the UNESCO World Heritage List
and one of the Savoy residences
in the XVII century. Most Architecture
programmes are taught in its
premises which cover 23,000 m2
.
The main site located in Corso Duca
degli Abruzzi, measuring 122,000 m2
,
houses the Engineering Departments.
It was opened in 1958 and now extends
to the Cittadella Politecnica, a developing
area next to the main site located
in corso Castelfidardo; it is a modern
campus of over 170,000 m2
, with areas
dedicated to students, research activities,
technology transfer and services.
The Cittadella of design and sustainable
mobility is located in Mirafiori,
a redeveloped Fiat industrial site;
the same applies for the Specializing
Master and Lifelong Learning School which
is currently based in the Lingotto site.
The campus
Like many international universities,
Politecnico has established a number
of campuses abroad. Politecnico is
now present in Tashkent (Uzbekistan),
and in China, in Shanghai, at the Tongji
University, and in Guangzhou, at the
South China University of Technology.

6. Castello
del Valentino
SCHOOL OF
ARCHITECTURE
Mirafiori
CITTADELLA
OF DESIGN AND
OF SUSTAINABLE
MOBILITY Lingotto
SPECIALIZING
MASTER
AND LIFELONG
LEARNING
SCHOOL
Corso Duca
degli Abruzzi
Cittadella
Politecnica
SCHOOL OF
ENGINEERING
Shangai
Guangzhou
Tashkent
Turin
TURINWORLD

9. About 33,000 students attend Politecnico at all levels.
Over 5,300 students enrol at Politecnico each year,
out of the 11,000 candidates registered for the admissions
tests for the Bachelor’s degree programmes in Engineering,
Architecture, Design, and Territorial, Urban, Environmental
and Landscape Planning.
As is common in the best technical universities in Europe,
Politecnico di Torino has a comprehensive range of
programmes in Architecture and Engineering (22 Bachelor’s
degree programmes and 30 Master’s degree programmes
in academic year 2016/2017), with 30% of programmes
held entirely in English.
The course catalogue is enriched by the first and second
level Specializing Masters programmes, by the third level
offered by the Graduate School (16 courses for the 32nd
cycle)
and by the programmes of the School of Specialization
in Heritage Architecture and Landscape.
Merit, talent and commitment are at the heart of the student
development policies: the Alta Scuola Politecnica merges
the great traditions of Politecnico di Torino and Politecnico
di Milano, with its joint high-level teaching programme, held
in parallel with the Master’s degree programme. Moreover,
“Quality & Commitment” is a project developed for the highest
achieving students of the Bachelor’s degree programmes.
It is an integrated academic path aimed at fostering the
personal growth of Bachelor’s students, with the help of a
mentor, in order to strengthen their cross curricular abilities,
to encourage study and methodological debate and to promote
training experiences abroad, as well as to ensure financial aid.
Students and
teaching activities

10. 31,500 students enrolled in Bachelor’s
and Master’s degree programmes
58% students from outside Piemonte
14% international students
5,300 first-year students
360 students enrolled in I and II level Specializing
Masters programmes, Lifelong Learning courses
and training courses for businesses – A.Y. 2015/2016
700 PhD candidates
STUDENTS
— A.Y. 2016/2017
22 Bachelor’s degree programmes
3 in Architecture and 19 in Engineering
30 Master’s degree programmes
7 in Architecture and 23 in Engineering
16 educational paths taught completely in English
1 I level Specializing Masters programme
9 II level Specializing Masters programmes
2 Interuniversity Specializing Masters programmes
7 Lifelong Learning courses
16 PhD programmes, including 5 in cooperation
with other universities and research centres
Qualità & Impegno (Quality & Commitment)
programme for Bachelor’s students
Alta Scuola Politecnica (ASP)
for Master’s students
COURSE CATALOGUE
— A.Y. 2016/2017
84.6%
(Italian average 69.2%)
EMPLOYMENT RATE
OF MASTER’S GRADUATES
ONE YEAR AFTER
GRADUATION
— ALMALAUREA 2016, DEF. ISTAT - WORK FORCE
6,533
GRADUATES 2016
Bachelor’s degree
graduates 3,206 — Average age 24
Master’s degree
graduates 3,327 — Average age 26

11. The Specializing Master and Lifelong
Learning School is a centre of excellence
which defines ground-breaking
educational polices and addresses
the demands of the economic context.
The School’s programmes are designed
to meet the need for high-level technical
training that boosts the knowledge base
already acquired by students during
the traditional degree paths.
The programmes also actively address
the constantly changing requirements
of the world of work, support and
develop students’ competitiveness
and entrepreneurial skills.
The School addresses the needs of
scientific and technological innovation
expressed by industry and the service
sector. It designs and implements tailor-
made training programmes for recent
graduates, newly employed staff and
senior professionals. To this end, the
School has built partnerships with other
Italian and international universities,
as well as with public bodies and major
corporations. In line with the challenges
posed by Industry 4.0, the School has
enriched its course catalogue with
innovative contents such as Additive
Manufacturing and Digital Automation.
The programmes allow participants
to acquire on-the-job training thanks
to the opportunity to gain experience
in a company, in Italy or abroad.
The Masters programmes and training
courses are intended for Italian and
international students, since they
are consistent with the University’s
internationalization process and
preserve its traditional connection
with the local community.
Specializing Master
and Lifelong
Learning School

13. PhD
programme
The PhD programme (Doctoral Research
programme), which is the third level of
university education, represents an even
closer connection between education and
research. The PhD programme is a three-
year programme in which the student is a
researcher in training. This can have fruitful
results, as experienced by many alumni:
some have built successful businesses;
others have rapidly reached prestigious
positions in international research centres,
or in universities in Italy and abroad.
The Doctoral School, founded in 1999,
runs all 16 PhD programme offered
by the University, three of which are carried
out in partnership with the University
of Turin and one with the National Institute
of Metrological Research (INRIM). Moreover,
the School has a strong cooperation with
the National Institute for Nuclear Physics
(INFN) on electronic devices.
Politecnico’s PhD graduates acquire
independent scientific research abilities
that allow them to express creativity
and methodological rigour in the world
of work, for a career in universities and,
more often, in industry.
In recent years Politecnico has decided
to make substantial investments to
finance PhD programmes, which are
deemed a strategic target. In order to
enhance merit and talent, Politecnico
has raised PhD grants by 30% compared
to national average levels, and has
increased the number of PhD scholarships
made available to candidates: 85% of
PhD candidates receive a scholarship or
other forms of funding for their activity.
Moreover, the highest achieving PhD
candidates of each course are awarded
additional prizes from a total amount
of 100,000 Euro a year.
Out of the 700 PhD candidates
at Politecnico, about one third comes
from foreign countries: 35% of them
take part in important international
cooperation projects involving
Politecnico as a partner.
PhD graduates represent a bridge
which transfers the culture of progress
to business, thanks to their ability
to manage innovation and their creativity
in designing and implementing projects
and services.
Over the years Italian and foreign
companies have increased their
cooperation with the Doctoral School
in areas of mutual interest: 30% of PhD
scholarships are funded by external
non-academic bodies and currently
there are 14 PhD programmes which
follow the apprenticeship scheme.
The Doctoral School pays significant
attention to soft skills, given their high
transferability across economic sectors
and their great impact on PhD graduates’
professional success. To this end,
the School offers an array of courses
on soft skills, some of which are
delivered online. High-level experiences
are also provided, in cooperation with
international universities, and other
partners such as the CERN in Geneva,
and with companies such as UNIDO,
Smat, Enel, Eni, Barilla, and the Ministry
for Economic Development (MISE).

14. 3 YEARS
— 1/3 learning activity
— 2/3 research activity
PhD PROGRAMMES
DURATION About 82% of PhD candidates
have a Master’s degree
with final grade of 105/110
and 60% with 110/110
EXCELLENCE
OF PhD
CANDIDATES
28.1%
INTERNATIONAL
PhD CANDIDATES
85% of PhD candidates
receive a scholarship
The PhD grant is 30%
higher than national
average levels
SCHOLARSHIPS
30% of PhD
scholarships are
funded by external
non-academic bodies
14 PhD programmes offered
with the apprenticeship scheme

15. An international
university
443
INTERNATIONAL
AGREEMENTS
UC
Berkeley
MIT
Massachusetts
Institute
of Technology
École
Polytechnique
University
of Illinois
at Urbana
Champaign
Carnegie
Mellon
University
Princeton
University
Politecnico
di Torino
University
of Tokyo
Tongji
University
Shanghai
TTPU
Uzbekistan
South China
University of
Technology

16. CHINA 25%
IRAN 8,2%
PAKISTAN 7,1%
ROMANIA 5,6%
ALBANIA 3,9%
CAMEROUN 3,7%
SPAIN 3,4%
COLOMBIA 3,2%
FRANCE 2,8%
MOROCCO 2,6%
TURKEY 2,3%
UZBEKISTAN 2,3%
LEBANON 2,2%
PERU 2,1%
BRAZIL 1,7%
Other countries 21,6%
STUDENTS’ COUNTRIES
OF ORIGIN
— A.Y. 2016/2017
Politecnico di
Torino students
come from 120
COUNTRIES

17. Politecnico di Torino is investing in its
internationalization process: 14% of students
enrolled are international citizens and come
from over 120 countries. Over the years,
about 1,000 international agreements
and projects have been signed by Politecnico
di Torino, which takes part in the main
university clusters and networks worldwide
(Cesaer, Cluster, Eua, Sefi, T.I.M.E.).
Politecnico envisages a number of essential
targets for the university: establishing
Politecnico di Torino among the top technical
universities at international level; merging
high-level scientific research with high
quality education and efficient technology
transfer actions; the sharing of knowledge.
The goal of making our University a truly
international and multicultural environment
encompasses many challenges which include
the development of an international and
cross curricular course catalogue, support
for international mobility of students and
professors, internationalization of faculty
members. Other priorities include attracting
students, PhD candidates and researchers
from abroad, improving the international
campuses of the University, participating
in joint research projects and programmes
and in the worldwide research network.
INTERNATIONAL
STUDENTS
2000/2001
2005/2006
2010/2011
2015/2016
0 1.000 2.000 3.000 4.000 5.000

18. 443 International agreements
29 Africa — 108 Asia — 5 Oceania
155 Europe — 26 Middle East
34 North America — 86 South America
453 Erasmus + EU PROGRAMME COUNTRIES agreements
118 Double degree and student mobility agreements
INTERNATIONAL
CONTEXT
791 Incoming students
1,163 Outgoing students
MOBILITY
STUDENTS
— A.Y. 2015/16

19. Research
Politecnico di Torino is a Research
University, particularly focused
on the balanced development of
fundamental and applied research.
The new frontiers of scientific and
technological research and higher
education require a multidisciplinary
and collaborative approach involving
all university areas and their partners
in the socio-economic system.
In order to face the challenges
of an increasingly competitive
research community, the University
has to develop fundraising strategies
and to boost international cooperation
relationships in research.
18.9 M €
— 2016
RESEARCH
CONTRACTS WITH
THE PUBLIC AND
PRIVATE SECTOR
97 H2020 UE Projects
34.7 M € — 2014-2016
36 International Projects
3.3 M € — 2012-2016
112 National Projects
19.2 M € — 2012-2016
324 Regional Projects
40 M € — 2012-2016
RESEARCH
GRANTS
10 Smart Cities projects
17 PRIN projects
5 regional projects:
Piattaforme Tecnologiche
Fabbrica Intelligente
10 National Technology
Clusters
NATIONAL
INITIATIVES

20. The H2020@POLITO and ERC@POLITO
projects offer faculty members and
researchers a systematic set of actions
and tools intended for this purpose.
Politecnico fosters the design of research
projects by promoting internal competitive
calls such as La ricerca dei Talenti project,
which promotes the independence
of young researchers, and the Starting
grant initiative, which aims to attract
professors of international standing
from other institutions.
Politecnico strongly focuses on the
internationalization process of its research
activities through several initiatives that
boost mobility and enhance cooperation
with top international research centres.
In the first three years of the Horizon
2020 programme (2014-2016),
Politecnico received funds amounting to
34.7 million Euro for 97 funded projects.
It has been rising in university rankings,
and it now ranks 4th
nationally and 87th
internationally, positioned higher than
some larger universities and institutions.
In line with its Strategic Plan,
Politecnico supports both fundamental
and collaborative research projects
with internal actions and University
calls for proposals funded by banking
foundations (for instance, Compagnia
di San Paolo and Fondazione CRT).
2 ICT FET FLAGSHIPS
INITIATIVES UE
— Graphene
— Human Brain Project
Politecnico is the only Italian partner
participating in both projects
EUROPEAN
INITIATIVES
11 ERC-funded projects (European
Research Council), of which:
9 with the Principal Investigator
from Politecnico di Torino
2 with Politecnico as
a “Partner institution”
26 projects funded by the “Call for Joint Projects
for the Internationalization of Research” (since 2013)
38 projects supported by the MITOR call
for proposals between 2009 and 2015
9 internal projects “La Ricerca dei Talenti”
call for proposals
Extra-European cooperation projects funded by
the Siebel Energy Institute, federal authorities
such as NIH (National Institute of Health) and NIST
(National Institute of Standards and Technology), US
multinational corporations such as IBM and CISCO
Partner of EIT (European Institute of Technology)
Inno Energy and Digital KIK (Knowledge Innovation
Community)
INTERNATIONALIZATION
AND PROMOTION OF RESEARCH

21. In this framework, over the years,
Politecnico has carried out activities
such as the Call for Joint Projects for
the Internationalization of Research
(since 2013) - which aims to strengthen
the cooperation with universities ranked
in the top 50 positions of international
rankings or located in strategic
geographical areas - and the MITOR
programme (since 2009) for the support
of joint research projects between the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(MIT) and Politecnico di Torino.
On top of these initiatives, more recent
activities include the call for proposals
to host visiting professors, the
Create a network around your research
idea pilot initiative (with academic
and non-academic partners), the
joint projects to support research
collaborations with excellent international
organizations carried out with the
contribution of exchange PhD candidates.
For companies interested in innovation
Politecnico offers: its own scientific
skills, research and consulting services
with an interdisciplinary, multiservice
and customer-oriented approach,
a support for lab tests and analysis,
and above all the possibility of sharing
laboratories and services within the
Business Research Center located
within the Cittadella Politecnica.
The University participates in
international networks such as: ECSEL,
N.ERGHY, ECTP, NEREUS, IAF, EPIC, EERA,
EGVIA, EFFRA. Our University has a large
number of industrial partners which
include: Alenia Aermacchi, Ansaldo, Avio
Aero, ENI, FCA (Fiat Chrysler Automobiles),
Ferrari, General Motors Powertrain
Europe, Enel, Ferrero, HP, IBM, Indesit,
INWIT, Italdesign, Michelin, Microsoft
Italia, Nokia, Philips, Piaggio, Pininfarina,
Pirelli, Siemens, SKF, STMicroelectronics,
Terna, TIM, Thales Alenia Space.
MOBILITY OF
RESEARCHERS
25 visiting professor
applications
approved in 2016
8 “Joint research
projects with top
universities”
21 H2020 Marie
Sklodowska Curie
projects
In November 2013 Politecnico di Torino
was awarded the HR Excellence in Research
logo by the European Commission for
the University’s commitment to providing
international researchers with positive
and challenging working conditions and
for the implementation of the principles
of the European Charter for Researchers
& Code of Conduct for the Recruitment
of Researchers.

23. ERC Projects
European Research Council
BOOST wants to
manufacture a scaffold
that could mimic healthy
bone features and thus
could rebalance osteoblast
and osteoclast coupling,
inducing them to behave
like in a healthy tissue.
BOOST
Tricking bone
cells to fight
osteoporosis
The project aims to develop
novel non-immunogenic
nanoparticles that are
safe for the host organism
and biodegradable.
They will show a double
functionality being
theranostic nanoparticles,
thus able to perform
diagnosis and therapy at
the same time. Moreover, no
chemotherapeutic drug will
be required, thus eliminating
any side effects associated
to their assumption.
TrojaNanoHorse
A trojan horse
to fight cancer
cells
The CWASI project tackles
the problem of globalization
of water resources, used
for food production.
The study of the effects
of water relocation on food
security and on water
crises occurrence is
conducted through
quantitative methods.
CWASI
Coping with water
scarcity in a globalized
world
The seriousness of extreme
events such as earthquakes,
hurricanes or terrorists attacks
depends on the natural (or
not) hazard but also on the
human error in dealing with
the emergency. The project
proposes a new method to
assess the performance of
critical infrastructures during
emergencies that takes into
account also human behaviour.
IDEal reSCUE
Modelling the complexity
of emergencies
The INTHERM project
addresses the big challenge
of how to tailor heat transfer
across interfaces in polymer
nanocomposites, by
developing and applying
the concept of thermal
bridging at the interface
between graphene particles
in a network.
INTHERM
Heat conductive
nanomaterials based
on graphene
The CRISP project targets the
cutting-edge research field of
compressive sensing (CS), and
particularly its application
in the framework of complex
information processing
systems, including vision
systems and big data.
CS is a breakthrough
technology that will have a
profound impact on how these
systems are conceived.
CRISP
The challenge
of compressing and
processing big data
An interdisciplinary project
proposing cross-fertilization
between statistical physics
and computational biology.
OPTINF is focused on two
objectives: the study of
optimization and inference
algorithms based on
advanced statistical physics
methods for disordered
systems, and their application
to large-scale inverse
problems in computational
systems biology.
OPTINF
From disordered systems
physics to biological data
analysis
The project aims to develop
wearable wrist band and
a customized structural
health monitoring system
for managing emergencies.
The system will be able
to work in different
emergency situations
without depending on
available power and common
communication networks.
IDEAL SENSOR
Building monitoring
in emergency situations
ToothPic exploits the fact that
each optical sensor of digital
cameras or smartphones
leaves a unique fingerprint
in all pictures. The project
will develop a search engine
that, given as input a camera
fingerprint or a photo, returns
a list of photos taken by the
same camera.
ToothPic
Even digital cameras
have fingerprints

24. Future Emerging Technologies
FET flagships
The Graphene Flagship is tasked
with bringing together academic
and industrial researchers to
take graphene from the realm
of academic laboratories into
European society over a period
of 10 years, thus generating
economic growth, new jobs
and opportunities. The core
consortium consists of over
150 academic and industrial
research groups in 23 countries.
Graphene
The Human Brain Project (HBP)
is run by a consortium of 116
research organizations.
HBP aims to put in place a
cutting-edge, ICT-based scientific
Research Infrastructure for brain
research, cognitive neuroscience
and brain-inspired computing.
Human Brain Project

25. Technology
Transfer
The University has created the
Interdepartmental Laboratory for
Technology Transfer and the Innovation
and Entrepreneurship Centre (EIC)
in order to foster interdisciplinary
collaboration among different
technological and scientific areas
within Politecnico and to boost
new competences in line with
the guidelines of the European
Commission on technology transfer.
The Interdepartmental Laboratory
for Technology Transfer seeks to enhance
the results of research and to improve
the University’s capacity to assess
the industrial potential and commercial
value of the new technologies
generated through research.
The research work carried out by
the EIC Centre is strongly focused
on issues of technology transfer,
innovation and entrepreneurship.
These initiatives are paving the way
for positive results in terms of patents
(often achieved in cooperation with
other universities, research centres
and businesses), quality of spin-offs,
increased number and intensity of
partnership agreements with large
corporations, engagement of young
researchers.
More recent initiatives include
the launch of a pilot funding project
for Proof of Concept (with the objective
of promoting the development of research
applications, funded by Compagnia
di San Paolo); the implementation
of activities for the transfer of
knowledge and researchers to local
SMEs and projects which seek to attract
international talented professionals.
The consolidation of these activities is
Politecnico’s challenge for the near future.

26. INVENTIONS
BY SECTOR
13.6%
Aeronautical, Aerospace and Automotive Engineering
2.8%
Architecture and Design
14.6%
Biomedical, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Engineering
8.4%
Energy and renewable sources
12.7%
Physical Engineering, Materials and Nanotechnologies
19.8%
Computer Engineering, Electronic and Communications Engineering
9.4%
Civil, Environmental and Building Engineering
18.3%
Industrial, Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering
3RD
MISSION
KNOWLEDGE
SHARING
PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT
ACTIVITIES 2016
1,612 publications
in scientific journals
972 contributions
to scientific conferences
published
About 400 conferences
and seminars organized
Over 600 students
of our Schools involved
in outreach activities
46 spin-offs
26 existing partnership
agreements
519 patents, of which 30%
in joint-ownership with
companies or international
bodies
237 active patents
(46% of the portfolio),
of which 56% in joint-
ownership with companies
or international bodies
1.01M € revenue
in 2015-16 for exploitation,
patent development
and Proof of Concept
FIGURES UPDATED TO 31/12/2016

27. Departments
Besides organizing and managing teaching activities, Politecnico Departments
coordinate vertical research and promote the sharing of results.
Politecnico di Torino has 11 Departments which are University referential structures
in the different disciplinary fields of Engineering and Architecture.
DENERG
Department of Energy
for the disciplinary fields of energy
and sustainable development, with the aim
to improve the existing energy technologies
and promote new ones, as well as to
contribute to the rational and informed
use of energy resources.
DISAT
Department of Applied Science
and Technology
for the disciplinary fields that cover
the fundamental principles of matter
and energy, their transformation
and related engineering applications.
DIMEAS
Department of Mechanical
and Aerospace Engineering
for the disciplinary fields that cover a
broad spectrum of manufacturing activities
typically associated with an advanced
industrial society. These activities cover
classical and cutting-edge domains in
the mechanical and aerospace fields.
INDUSTRIAL
ENGINEERING

28. DAD
Department of Architecture
and Design
for the disciplinary fields which study the art
and science of design, both in architectural
and urban buildings, and in product design.
DIATI
Department of Environment,
Land and Infrastructure Engineering
for the disciplinary fields covering the
technologies which aim at the safeguard,
protection and management of the
environment and the land, the sustainable
use of resources, as well as the optimal
and eco-sustainable development of
infrastructures and transport systems.
DISEG
Department of Structural,
Geotechnical and Building Engineering
for the disciplinary fields which study safety
issues and functional and formal planning of
constructions, taking into account environmental
and human actions and their integration
with the natural and built environment, their
uniqueness and their local territorial impact.
DIST
Interuniversity Department
of Regional and Urban Studies
and Planning
for the disciplinary fields which study the
processes of territorial transformation and
government, both on a local and on a global
scale. These processes are analysed from a
sustainability perspective in their physical,
economic, social, political and cultural
aspects, as well as in their interrelationships.
CIVIL AND
ENVIRONMENTAL
ENGINEERING,
ARCHITECTURE AND
INDUSTRIAL DESIGN
DAUIN
Department of Control
and Computer Engineering
for the disciplinary field of Information
and Communication Technologies (ICT)
which studies the methodologies and
technologies used for the management,
processing and transmission of information.
DET
Department of Electronics
and Telecommunications
for the disciplinary field of Information
and Communication Technologies (ICT)
which includes: telecommunications,
electronic devices, circuits, technologies
and systems, electronic measurement
and characterization techniques, as well
as electronic bioengineering.
INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGIES
DIGEP
Department of Management
and Production Engineering
for the disciplinary field which studies the
relationship between production systems
of goods and services and the economic
environment in which they operate, thus
blending engineering approaches with
economics and management.
DISMA
Department of Mathematical Sciences
for the disciplinary fields dealing with
Mathematical Sciences and their interaction
with Engineering and Architecture.
INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
AND MANAGEMENT
AND MATHEMATICS
FOR ENGINEERING

29. Interdepartmental
Centres
Politecnico di Torino has also
set itself the strategic objective
of encouraging interdisciplinary
cooperation among technological
and scientific fields.
To this end, the University has
established the Interdepartmental
Centres, a platform where researchers
from different Departments of
Politecnico can interact in order
to share competencies and produce
knowledge in the framework of the
so called breakthrough technologies.
Large institutions of higher education
and especially the major technical
universities have to tackle emerging
technological and societal challenges
and work across the frontiers of several
disciplinary fields including advanced
robotics, the Internet of Things,
neuro-technologies, advanced
materials, to mention just a few.

30. MOBILITY
FUTURE
URBAN
LEGACY
LAB
DATA
SCIENCE
BIG DATA
AND IOT
ADVANCED /
ADDITIVE
MANUFACTURING
BIOENGINEERING
AND HEALTH
TECHNOLOGY
ENERGY

31. I3P
The Innovative
Enterprise
Incubator
600
Ideas
accepted
145
Projects
launched
2016
RESULTS
49
Startups
launched
15
of which
admitted to I3P
8.05 M €
Equity
investments

32. I3P - the Innovative Enterprise Incubator
of Politecnico di Torino is one of the
most important University Incubators
in Europe. Founded in 1999, I3P is based
in the Cittadella Politecnica and supports
the creation of new high-tech companies,
founded by university researchers
and entrepreneurs. It provides them
with offices, strategic and specialist
consultancy and a continuous stream
of networking opportunities with
investors and corporate clients.
Up to the present, over 200 startup
companies have exploited research
results from various sectors and
in the field of Social Innovation.
The companies have attracted risk
capital investments worth 50 million
Euro and created 1,600 new jobs.
I3P is part of the global strategy
of Regione Piemonte which seeks
to support research, technological
innovation and new entrepreneurship.
I3P STARTUP
SECTORS
37%
Industrial / Automation
38%
ICT / Internet
15%
Cleantech
10%
Biotech
STAFF EMPLOYED
BY I3P COMPANIES
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
1600
1400
1200
1000
800
600
400
200
0
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999

33. The Sustainable
Campus
The Sustainability policy embraced
by Politecnico not only addresses
the problem of energy consumption
reduction, but also contributes
to the training, development and
overall experience of our staff
members and students, and of the
communities and networks in which
the University operates.
To this end, upon request of the Board
of Governors, Politecnico has created
the Green Team, a group of faculty
members, students and employees,
which encourages the University to
adopt environmental and social policies
in accordance with the guidelines
of the Horizon2020-Strategic Plan.
Vertical actions in the field of
sustainable energy, mobility, urban
impact, food, water, waste management
and procurement are integrated with
cross-cutting actions that have a wider
impact within the scope of the “third
mission” of universities. This includes
advocacy campaigns for the inclusion
of sustainability issues in research
and teaching activities, internal and
external dissemination actions towards
the community intended in its broader
sense, as the city and the networks of
sustainable universities in Italy and
worldwide. Since 2015, Politecnico
has been a member of the ISCN Network
(International Sustainable Campus
Network) and among the founders of the
RUS Network (Rete delle Università
per lo Sviluppo Sostenibile), and it
coordinates the RUS Energy Table.
In November 2016 Politecnico published
its first sustainability report and organized
the first sustainability week, with 55
events and over 1,500 participants.

35. The University
Single Budget
for 2017
54%
13%
7%
7%
2%
2%
2%
7%
6%

36. 54%
MIUR funds
7%
On-demand research
and technology transfer
7%
UE and international
research funds
2%
Regional and local research funds
2%
Research funds by other organizations
2%
Research funds by MIUR and other Ministries
7%
Other funds
6%
Other contributions (except for MIUR)
13%
Student fees
The University’s expected revenue
for 2017 exceeds 250 million Euro.
In recent years, the University has been
able to avail itself of a sound financial
and economic situation. This is due
to the increase of the discretionary
contribution awarded by the Ordinary
Financing Fund (FFO), the rise in
international competitive grants and the
consolidation of partnership agreements
with the private sector. The budget
allocates extensive investments in:
improvement in the quality of education
and scientific research, upgrading
of facilities, promotion of technology
transfer policies and, above all,
the enhancement of human capital
as our most valuable resource.
For 2017 Politecnico is planning
investments of over 50 million Euro.

37. Human
capital
Human capital is Politecnico’s greatest
asset. The training of our human resources
and the engagement of the entire
academic community are at the heart
of the University’s development policies.
The attraction of talented young
researchers is part of the guidelines
proposed by the Strategic Plan
of Politecnico di Torino, which intends
to develop quality and to promote
the culture of evaluation in the pursuit
of shared growth.
209
Full Professors
384
Associate Professors
TEACHING
STAFF
261
Researchers
27.4%
Female population
871
Staff members
59.7%
Female population
ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF
FIGURES UPDATED TO 31/12/2016

41. GRAPHIC DESIGN
Bellissimo and the Beast
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